It's amazing that there are people in the replies who are already accusing the United States of "genocide" because of a tweet they read from Middle East Eye … independent Middle East and North Africa News.
In a VIP post, our own Just Mindy showed where all of the humanitarian aid that's been sent to Palestine has gone — Hamas has used it to develop its network of tunnels running beneath civilian structures like schools and hospitals. According to Middle East Eye, Israel is planning to flood those tunnels with nerve gas … under the supervision of the U.S. Navy.
Exclusive: Israel will flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas under US navy supervisionhttps://t.co/ezIaY5k29f
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) October 25, 2023
Time for Community Notes to do its thing.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The article's first line says that this is what "Palestinian resistance groups expect Israel to" and that the information can't be verified.
David Hearst reports:
Palestinian groups expect Israel to flood Hamas tunnels with a type of nerve gas or chemical weapon under the surveillance of US Delta Force commandos as part of a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip, a senior Arab source familiar with the Palestinian groups told Middle East Eye.
Israel and the US hope to achieve the element of surprise in order to penetrate Hamas tunnels, rescue an estimated 220 hostages, and kill thousands of soldiers belonging to Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades, the source said, noting that the information they received came from a leak originating in the US.
Middle East Eye cannot independently verify the information in the leak.
"The plan hinges on the element of surprise so as to decisively win the battle, using internationally forbidden gases, particularly nerve gas, and chemical weapons. Large quantities of nerve gas would be pumped into the tunnels," the source said.
The source added that the US Delta Force will oversee "large quantities of nerve gas being pumped into Hamas tunnels, capable of paralysing the bodily movement for a period of time between six and 12 hours.
Yeah, we're going to need a second source on that, as well as a bunch more Community Notes. Delta Force is overseeing this?
Folks…this is not a technology that exists pic.twitter.com/8KM1ngG1rS
— Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) October 25, 2023
Nerve agents do not knock people out for a few hours…
— @robq.bsky.social (@shadow_boxes) October 26, 2023
Source: ”Palestinian resistance groups”, Hamas.
— Anter 𝕏 Yaşa (@AnterXYasa) October 26, 2023
Trust me, bro.
Some clown in the replies just posted a screenshot of the Geneva Convention showing that such an attack would be illegal.
How the heck does the source, a "senior Arab source familiar with the groups," claim to have access to information about the other side's plans?
— Patrick Kane Abbott, Author (@PatrickKAbbott) October 26, 2023
Delta Force isn’t even a part of the US Navy
— b w 🧦🏛 (@monsieurmoscato) October 26, 2023
Nerve gas is known to be very decisive in naval battles. Every ship should stock some next to garlic and silver bullets.
— John Helmich (@itsborken) October 26, 2023
So it's a special 'Nerve Gas' that can tell the difference between hostages, innocent Palestinian civilians, Israeli soldiers, and only kill Hamas? 🤔
— Thomas (@Sea__Solitude) October 25, 2023
No words. Absolutely horrifying if this is true.
— Bakers bread (@cinnarolldude) October 25, 2023
Relax, it's not true.
How do you use something you don’t have? Asking for a friend.
— nadinbrzezinski 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🇺🇸#OAF (@nadinbrzezinski) October 25, 2023
Do you mean that aircraft carrier off the coast isn't stocked with enough nerve gas to fill up every one of the Hamas tunnels? If Israel even knew where they all were. Again, it's amazing to see the people in the replies crying "war crime" and "this is illegal."
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